Electronically measured compliance with occlusion therapy for amblyopia is related to visual acuity increase

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 176-180

  Loudon, Sjoukje E ^a   Polling, Jan Roelof ^a   Simonsz, Huibert J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; EYELID CLOSURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORTHOPTICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; STRABISMUS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037630039     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-002-0570-z     Document Type: Article

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